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How I overcame my culture-induced prejudices of homophobia and sexism and how you can too.

September 26, 2024 By Egberto Willies

How I overcame my culture-induced prejudices of homophobia and sexism and how you can too

As an immigrant from Panama who is an Afro-Latino Caribbean man, I brought two prejudices: homophobia and sexism. This is how I radicated those diseases from my being.

Filed Under: General Tagged With: Afro-Latino, caribbean, culture, homophobia, prejudice, Sexism

Young column: The fire is next door, wherever you live

July 26, 2021 By John Young

The fire is next door, wherever you live

The Cameron Park Fire burned from August to December, obliterating 326 square miles of forest and 469 structures.

Filed Under: Columnists Tagged With: John Young, prejudice, pride

Young column: Comparing whom to Nazis?

July 20, 2021 By John Young

Comparing whom to Nazis

People are dying and suffering at an accelerated pace in states with low vaccination rates. Yet CPAC attendees in Dallas applauded when a speaker chortled that Joe Biden would come up short of his 70 percent vaccination goal.

Filed Under: Columnists Tagged With: John Young, Lauren Boebert, prejudice, pride

The insurrection that didn’t happen

July 12, 2021 By John Young

The insurrection that didn’t happen

The day after Independence Day last week, Huffington Post had a fitting “tribute” to – well, let’s have HuffPost say it: “They rejected democracy. They lied. And they spent July Fourth calling themselves patriots.”

Filed Under: Columnists Tagged With: John Young, prejudice, pride

A valedictory about pride — and prejudice

July 6, 2021 By John Young

Young column: A valedictory about pride -- and prejudice

The valedictorian left the podium empty-handed, except for his hold on classmates’ hearts. The principal took away his microphone and his prepared remarks, but when grads shouted, “Let him speak,” another mic was produced and, by memory, he said all he intended. “For so long I tried to bend and break and shrink to society’s […]

Filed Under: Columnists Tagged With: John Young, prejudice, pride

Racism overtly exposed in my Donald Trump / Ted Cruz / Dan Crenshaw Kingwood, TX district. Why?

January 31, 2021 By Egberto Willies

Racism overtly exposed in my Donald Trump / Ted Cruz / Dan Crenshaw Kingwood, TX district. Why?

A friend/neighbor was walking through the trails in our Kingwood, Texas neighborhood and came across an epithet that clarifies Trumpism & Racism are alive & well in our town.

Filed Under: General, Local News Tagged With: Kingwood, N-Word, prejudice, racism, Racist, Texas

Here is how I overcame my own prejudice. White people must do this and …

June 11, 2020 By Egberto Willies

Prejudice

Racism is a prejudice deeper than hue but one nonetheless. Ridding from it requires intentionality. Here is how I did it. Your journey requires one more step though.

Filed Under: General Tagged With: prejudice, racism, systemic racism

“They’re Different from Us”: The Profiteers of Prejudice

June 18, 2018 By Roy Eidelson

Theyre Different from Us The Profiteers of Prejudice

“They’re Different from Us.” It’s a favorite mind game of the self-serving 1% when they want to stifle broad opposition to their agenda.

Filed Under: Columnists Tagged With: prejudice, Profiteers

White woman to Oprah, ‘I don’t think I am prejudice but …’ (VIDEO)

September 27, 2015 By Egberto Willies

Prejudice white woman call in to Oprah

This ‘scary’ black man had an interesting response to a prejudice white woman who called in to Oprah and told her she would be scared of him on a bus.

Filed Under: General Tagged With: Black man, Oprah, prejudice, white woman

Watch White House call out both Donald Trump and GOP directly for prejudice and intolerance (VIDEO)

September 18, 2015 By Egberto Willies

Watch White House call out both Donald Trump and GOP directly for prejudice and intolerance.

The White House called out Donald Trump specifically and the GOP generally for their support of prejudice and intolerance in their policies and actions.

Filed Under: General Tagged With: bigotry, Donald Trump, prejudice, White House

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